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Old 14 September 2005, 10:49 AM
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Building a new PC and want to t/f the current XP install from an ide to a SATA drive

What is the best way to do this please ?
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Old 14 September 2005, 10:58 AM
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Old 14 September 2005, 12:06 PM
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If you're using a different chipset motherboard you will probably have to do a re-install of Windows anyway.
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Old 14 September 2005, 02:41 PM
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If you're using a different chipset motherboard you will probably have to do a re-install of Windows anyway.
No you won't, just load the .inf / drivers before upgrading
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There will still be bits of the other chipset's drivers lurking in the Windows folder
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There will still be bits of the other chipset's drivers lurking in the Windows folder
But they won't be called by the operating system
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But they won't be called by the operating system
It's still risky though, asking for problems later on imo.
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